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Brazil Investigates "Slave-Like" Conditions on Workboat Rescued off Amapa

Published Apr 19, 2026 10:40 PM by The Maritime Executive

Posted in: Tugs & Salvage

Authorities in Brazil are investigating the circumstances aboard a rusting, disabled pollution control vessel found drifting off t...

Inland Cargo Vessel Sinks Near Port of Antwerp

Published Apr 19, 2026 4:32 PM by The Maritime Executive

Posted in: Tugs & Salvage

An inland freighter struck mooring bollards and sank near the port of Antwerp over the weekend, forcing the crew to abandon ship,...

U.S. Navy Attacks and Seizes First Vessel in Blockade of Iran's Seaports

Published Apr 19, 2026 4:32 PM by The Maritime Executive

Posted in: Government

The U.S. Navy has fired upon and boarded an inbound Iranian container ship, according to U.S. President Donald Trump. It is the fi...

India Commits $1.4 Billion to the Creation of a Domestic P&I Club

Published Apr 19, 2026 4:32 PM by The Maritime Executive

Posted in: Shipping

India has made progress in establishing a local P&I club to protect the country’s shipping interests. Over the weekend, the cabine...

United States Ambivalent to Russian Oil Sanctions

Published Apr 19, 2026 1:43 PM by The Maritime Executive

Posted in: Government

Particularly in the United States, where the constitution was designed to incorporate checks and balances between the different pa...

Freire Shipyard Launches The Armada Diving Support Vessel A22 Proserpina

Published Apr 18, 2026 12:53 PM by The Maritime Executive

Posted in: Corporate News

[By: Freire Shipyard] The Spanish shipyard C.N.P. FREIRE, S.A. (Freire Shipyard) held in Vigo the launch ceremony of the diving su...

Iran Fires on Containership, Tanker and Cruise Ship Saying Hormuz is Closed

Published Apr 18, 2026 11:34 AM by The Maritime Executive

Posted in: Government

Iranian officials on Saturday reversed the previous statements and once again declared the Strait of Hormuz is closed, along with...

Cruise Ship Reports “Splash” in Strait as Five Ships Escape Persian Gulf

Published Apr 18, 2026 11:00 AM by The Maritime Executive

Posted in: Cruise Ships

Taking advantage of the relative calm with the current ceasefire and reports that the Strait of Hormuz is open, the first of the c...

Eastern Shipbuilding Group, Gulf County Strengthen Workforce

Published Apr 18, 2026 10:23 AM by The Maritime Executive

Posted in: Corporate News

[By: Eastern Shipbuilding Group] Eastern Shipbuilding Group, in collaboration with Gulf County and regional partners, recently hos...

Multi-Million Dollar Security & Rescue Training Center To Open

Published Apr 18, 2026 7:09 AM by The Maritime Executive

Posted in: Corporate News

[By: Sahra Group] A new multi-million dollar, state-of-the-art Security and Rescue Training Center (SRTC) - the first commercial f...

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